Not a Fake: WH Releases Menacing Letter Trump Sent Turkey’s President – So Intense People Thought It Wasn’t Real
On Wednesday, the White House released a letter Trump sent to Turkey’s President Racep Erdogan on Oct. 9, the contents of which can only be described as explosive. It was so explosive, in fact, that Twitter’s banks overflowed with declarations that the letter simply had to be a fake. No president would write something like this to another world leader. Trump, in the space of four short paragraphs, told Erdogan that if he made a false move, Trump would “be responsible for destroying the Turkish economy.”

Does the Democratic Party have a God problem?
At least one of the Democratic presidential hopefuls — Beto O’Rourke — has stated that churches who don’t support same-sex marriage should lose their tax exempt status. Will any of the other candidates distance themselves from this unconstitutional weaponization of the IRS? It was not so long ago at the 2016 Democrat National Convention when the attempt to add the words “God-given” to a resolution was met with a chorus of boos from the delegates.

Whales ‘breach like crazy’ moments after earthquake
Moments after a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near the California towns of Hollister and Salinas on Tuesday, boaters in nearby Monterey Bay witnessed a spectacular display of breaching humpback whales. While it’s impossible to know whether the whales were reacting to sound generated by the earthquake, anecdotal evidence suggests that this was the case.

Collusion? Deep State CFR Takes HUGE “Donation” From Putin Crony
Perhaps there really has been some Russia collusion. The globalist Deep State organization known as the Council on Foreign Relations is under fire after it was exposed taking a massive “donation” from Soviet-born oligarch Len Blavatnik (shown), a close crony of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and his corrupt minions. The shady billionaire has also been showering money on U.S. politicians on both sides of the aisle. The $12 million “gift” to the CFR, reported publicly by the New York Post and other publications, was described as “influence buying” by critics. Beyond that, it appears to highlight the broader problem of systemic corruption within the U.S. foreign-policy establishment,…

Pompeo to visit Netanyahu Friday to offer assurances over U.S. Syria pullout
The US pullout of its troops from northeast Syria has not endangered Israel, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said two days before his scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday. The two men are expected to “discuss developments in Syria and the continued need to counter the Iranian regime’s destabilizing behavior in the region,” the State Department said on Wednesday.

Turkish attack on Kurds inspires joint Jewish-Arab protest
NGO Standing Together will hold a protest outside the Turkish embassy on Thursday, protesting the…recent attacks against the Syrian Kurds. Standing Together is a Jewish-Arab…movement based in Israel. “At times in which the repressive Erdogan regime in Turkey sends his army – in coordination with the US President Donald Trump – to invade the Kurdish Autonomous Region…we cannot stand idly by,” the organization said…

Palestinian attempts ramming attack against Border Police
Israeli Border Police arrested a Palestinian for attempting to carry out a ramming attack against undercover border police on Wednesday night. The attacker hit an armored vehicle and was neutralized and then transferred to a hospital in serious condition. The armored vehicle was heavily damaged. No police were injured.

US makes China’s diplomats say where they’re going
Chinese diplomats in the US will have to notify American authorities before holding any meetings with US officials. Official visits to “educational and research institutions”, such as schools and universities, must also be pre-registered, the state department said. China said the US was breaking international rules – but the US said American diplomats in China faced similar restrictions.

Dark web child abuse: Hundreds arrested across 38 countries
More than 300 people have been arrested following the take-down of one of the world’s “largest dark web child porn marketplaces”, investigators said. The site had more than 200,000 videos which had collectively been downloaded more than a million times. It was shut down last year after a UK investigation into a child sex offender uncovered its existence.

US diplomats held near Russian rocket test site
Three US diplomats were taken off a train on Monday while heading to an Arctic city near the site of a military testing accident in northern Russia. The trio were bound for the port of Severodvinsk, where access is restricted for foreign nationals. Severodvinsk hosts a naval shipyard and is close to a rocket test site where a deadly explosion in August led to a spike in radiation levels.

Lebanon calls for help as forest fires spread
Lebanon has asked for international help battling hundreds of forest fires that broke out on Monday and have spread abroad. The blazes – the worst in decades – started in Lebanon’s western mountains, amid a heatwave and strong winds. Heavy smoke was seen over Beirut and the city of Sidon, and one volunteer firefighter reportedly died.

Lawmakers hit Trump administration for including tech legal shield in trade negotiations
Bipartisan lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee…hit the Trump administration for including language from legal liability protections for internet companies… The protections from Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act…gives platforms legal immunity for content posted by third-party users while also giving them legal cover to take good-faith efforts to moderate their platforms…

Federal Debt Up $1.2 Trillion in FY 2019; Borrowed $9,432 Per U.S. Household
The federal debt increased by $1,203,343,570,253.55 in fiscal 2019, according to…the U.S. Treasury Department. That equaled approximately $9,432 for each of the 127,586,000 households…in the United States in 2018. In the decade that began on the first day of fiscal 2010 and ended on the last day of fiscal 2019, the federal debt increased by $10,809,572,749,922—for an average of $1,080,957,274,992.20 per year.

Exclusive: Satellite images reveal China’s aircraft carrier ‘factory,’ analysts say
High-resolution satellite images show that the construction of China’s first full-sized aircraft carrier is progressing steadily alongside expansive infrastructure work that analysts say suggests the ship will be the first of several large vessels produced at the site. The images of the Jiangnan shipyard outside Shanghai were taken last month…

Potent nor’easter to bring heavy rain and strong winds across Mid-Atlantic and New England, USA
A rapidly intensifying storm developing across the Mid-Atlantic will move quickly into New England by Thursday, October 17, 2019. The storm will produce heavy rainfall and localized flooding across these areas. Additionally, strong winds may cause some tree damage and power outages through Thursday. The storm system is developing following an Alberta Clipper system heading through the Midwest and merging with another storm.

Strong and shallow M6.4 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.4 hit Mindanao, Philippines at 11:37 UTC (19:37 LT) on October 16, 2019. EMSC is reporting M6.3 at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles).PHIVOLCS is reporting M6.3 at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles).

Scientists discover new geophysical phenomenon
A study published on October 14, 2019, shows a new geophysical phenomenon where a heavy storm can trigger seismic events in the nearby ocean as powerful as a 3.5 magnitude earthquake. Lead author Wenyuan Fan, an assistant professor of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science said they call this phenomenon a “stormquake”.